USS Woolsey (DD-77)

USS Woolsey
History
United States
Name	Woolsey
Namesake	Melancthon Taylor Woolsey
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	1 November 1917
Launched	17 September 1918
Commissioned	30 September 1918
Fate	Sank following collision, 21 February 1921
General characteristics
Class and type	Wickes-class destroyer
Displacement	1,154 long tons (1,173 t)
Length	314 ft 4+1⁄2 in (95.8 m)
Beam	30 ft 11+1⁄4 in (9.4 m)
Draft	9 ft 8+1⁄2 in (3.0 m)
Propulsion	2 × steam engines 2 × shafts
Speed	35.33 kn (40.66 mph; 65.43 km/h)
Complement	131 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 × 4 in (102 mm)/50 caliber guns 2 × 1-pounder guns 12 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 2 × depth charge tracks 1 × Y-gun

The first USS Woolsey (DD-77) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was named for Melancthon Taylor Woolsey.

Woolsey was

After

For the next seven months, she performed various missions for the United States' naval establishment in Europe. Her primary mission consisted of runs between Brest and ports in southern England – notably Plymouth and Southampton – transporting passengers and mail. On 11 March 1919, she was one of the four American destroyers to escort George Washington into Brest when that ship arrived with President Woodrow Wilson embarked. After a four-month return to cross-channel runs between England and France, Woolsey was honored a second time when she was assigned duty as one of George Washington's escorts for President Wilson's return voyage to the U.S. from the Versailles peace conference. She departed Brest late in June 1919 in company with George Washington and arrived in Hampton Roads on 8 July.

Ten days later, Woolsey put to sea again bound for a new assignment – the

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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